RE: my pumpkin's GONE!!!!!!!!!
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: my pumpkin's GONE!!!!!!!!!
- From: M* C*
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 17:14:51 -0800
Barb,
Give the poor guys a break and chunk it so they only have to load
lighter pieces or at least leave them a note with that suggestion. If
they are anything like the guys who collect the trash in my neighborhood
if they can't lift it they'll leave it.
Chris M.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: COMPUTRESE@aol.com [SMTP:COMPUTRESE@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 4:37 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: my pumpkin's GONE!!!!!!!!!
>
> Greetings!
>
> Each year, it is sad to read of the pumpkin thefts reported on this
> list.
>
> In Florida where I live, we can get the police involved on any
> property damage
> or theft so long as a dollar amount can be established. This would be
> relatively easy to do, given that pumpkins are sold by the pound, and
> Atlantic
> Giants are heavy. A grower's log of garden expenses would add to the
> total,
> making the damage/theft a real issue.
>
> No way would I accept "It's just a pumpkin" as a competent reply from
> law
> enforcement. Regardless of what someone steals, it's the principle of
> the
> matter, not the item itself. Besides, a lot of premeditation is
> involved with
> a large pumpkin theft. One cannot just walk away with it
> singlehandedly.
>
> This very point brings me to wonder how the garbage men will lift my
> AG jack
> o'lantern onto the truck tomorrow AM, as it will be waiting alongside
> the
> garbage cans for pickup. Laying bets that it will take more than two
> guys.
>
> Barb
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